[DRAUD, Georg].

Bibliotheca Librorum Germanicorum Classica. Das its: Verzeichnuss aller und jeder Bücher, so fast bey dencklichen Jaren in Teutscher Spraach...aussgangen...

4 p.l., 563 pp., 16 leaves (the last a blank). 4to, cont. rough vellum (reusing an old MS.) over boards (occasional browning), remains of green silk ties. Frankfurt: P. Kopf, 1611. [bound with]: -- . Bibliotheca Exotica, sive Catalogus Officinalis Librorum peregrinis linguis usualibus scriptorum... 1 p.l., 219 pp. 4to (some browning throughout). Frankfurt: P. Kopf, 1610. First editions of the largest classified book lists of the early 17th century. Draud's Bibliothecae are important classified compilations of the semi-annual German Book Fair catalogues. They were indispensable aids to scholars and booksellers for more than a century. Draud followed in the footsteps of Bassé and Clessius and his three Bibliothecae have been described by Georg Schneider as "le sommet et le point final de la bibliographie allemande avant la Guerre de Trente ans." The first work treats books in German and the second work describes books in the modern European languages, foremost among them those in French. Classed by subject, such as chemistry and medicine, music, poetry, theology, etc., the two Bibliothecae list many thousands of titles. "For historical purposes and especially those in which one wants to follow every clue to its end, one dare not pass by the Bibliothecae."­Taylor, General Subject Indexes since 1548, p. 104­(& see pp. 98-112). Taylor states on page 110 that the Bibliothecae "have become rarities of the first order." Very good copies. A Bibliotheca Classica, published in 1611 and describing books in the learned languages, is not present (for some reason, this is often the case). Ownership inscription on front paste-down of Joannis Fischer, 1656. From the library of His Serene Highness Prince Fürstenberg at Donaueschingen. Grolier Club, Bibliography, 47. Malclès, La Bibliographie, p. 45. Pollard & Ehrman, p. 82. Taylor, Book Catalogues, pp. 88 & 110.

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